>
> FRIENDSVILLE < Gary Ray Friend, 80, of
> Friendsville, died
> Mennonite Home, Grantsville.
>
> Born
> Richard H. and Sophia M. (Sisler) Friend. He also
was preceded
in
> death by one grandson, Gary
Edwin Friend Jr.; one
great-grandson,
> Jesse Ray Kreger; three sisters, Flossie Hook,
Evelyn Ruth Fike
> and Mildred Strawser; one
brother, Huston H. Friend; and two
> infants.
>
> Mr. Friend was a retired self-employed truck driver
and also
> drove for Sisler Lumber and Gribble Trucking. He
also worked
for
> Gribble Transport doing trade shows for Mack Trucks.
Mr. Friend
> was a member of the
>
> He is survived by his wife, Doris Alice (Humberson)
Friend; two
> sons, Gary Edwin Friend Sr.
and Donald L. Friend, both of
> Friendsville; two daughters, Nancy R. Gribble,
and
> Connie J. Burow, Friendsville; 12 grandchildren; 22
> great-grandchildren; and
two step-great-grandchildren.
>
> Friends will be received at the Newman Funeral
Homes, P.A.,
> Friendsville, on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and
>
> Services will be conducted at the Blooming Rose
United
Methodist
> Church on Wednesday at
> officiating. Friends may call at the church one hour
prior to
the
> services.
>
> Interment will be in the
>
> Expressions of sympathy may be directed to the
Blooming Rose
> United
>
>
>